Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2656P
Balfour Beatty PLC
24 May 2018
 

Balfour Beatty plc

 

LEI: CT4UIJ3TUKGYYHMENQ17

 

 

AGM Results

 

Balfour Beatty plc (the "Company") announces that, at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 24 May 2018, the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM dated 3 April 2018 were passed following a poll on each resolution.

 

The results of the polls were as follows:

 


For

Against

Votes Withheld

Resolution 1: To adopt the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017

 

523,539,365

(99.66%)

1,771,068

(0.34%)

10,099,673

Resolution 2: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017

399,105,828

(86.37%)

62,970,570

(13.63%)

73,333,706

Resolution 3: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares of the Company

535,386,876

(100.00%)

16,052

(0.00%)

7,178

Resolution 4: To re-elect Mr P S Aiken AM as a Director

472,383,165

(89.75%)

53,938,739

(10.25%)

9,080,877

Resolution 5: To re-elect Dr S R Billingham as a Director

518,090,766

(96.77%)

17,273,641

(3.23%)

38,376

Resolution 6: To re-elect Mr S J Doughty CMG as a Director

531,921,699

(99.36%)

3,441,270

(0.64%)

39,814

Resolution 7: To re-elect Mr I G T Ferguson CBE as a Director

482,250,576

(90.08%)

53,123,393

(9.92%)

28,813

Resolution 8: To re-elect Mr P J Harrison as a Director

 

532,439,145

(99.45%)

2,927,761

(0.55%)

35,282

Resolution 9: To elect Mr M A Lucki as a Director

 

532,497,898 (99.46%)

2,875,203

(0.54%)

29,682

Resolution 10: To elect Ms B J Moorhouse as a Director

 

532,608,334 (99.49%)

2,756,762

(0.51%)

37,687

Resolution 11: To re-elect Mr L M Quinn as a Director

 

526,502,909

(98.34%)

8,873,793

(1.66%)

26,081

Resolution 12: To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor

 

534,101,791 (99.77%)

1,222,481

(0.23%)

85,534

Resolution 13: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor

534,177,804 (99.78%)

1,202,517

(0.22%)

28,410

Resolution 14: To authorise the Company and its UK subsidiaries to incur political expenditure

492,800,474

(92.05%)

42,551,337

(7.95%)

56,919

Resolution 15: To authorise the Directors to allot shares

516,517,449

(96.48%)

18,867,018

(3.52%)

19,514

Resolution 16: To authorise the Directors to allot shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis*

523,189,791

(97.72%)

12,186,276

(2.28%)

27,914

Resolution 17: To renew the authority for the Company to purchase its own ordinary and preference shares*

500,908,689

(94.16%)

31,048,631

(5.84%)

3,446,659

Resolution 18: To authorise the Company to hold meetings, other than an Annual General Meeting, on 14 clear days' notice*

510,967,569 (95.44%)

24,407,200

(4.56%)

30,287

 

* Special Resolution

 

Notes:

 

1.       The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

 

2.       A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes "For" and

 "Against" a resolution.

 

3.       The total number of Ordinary Shares of 50p each in the Company in issue at close of business on

22 May 2018 was 689,739,619, each carrying one vote. 

 

4.       Resolutions 16 to 18 were each passed as Special Resolutions.

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of each of Resolutions 14 to 18 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 

24 May 2018


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